Its actually both critical and sympathetic. Moz is on their side of being patriotic and defending that right but disagrees with their mentality of violence brought on my a game of football.
It's another song where Morrissey has been accussed of racist sentiment mainly for the line 'The last truly British people' but at the end of the day he's being ironic.
It's amazing how the English love to say 'The Americans don't understand irony' when most of us don't seem to understand it ourselves!
The shout of 'Your Arsenal!' is only in the live version if the song as is the GET OFF THE ROOF bit.
@mozza_fan glad to see another 'appreciater' realise the IRONY at play within ALL his lyrical output. When people call Morrissey/The Smiths depressing, moping music I can't understand how they don't see the LASHINGS of HUMOR involved.
@mozza_fan glad to see another 'appreciater' realise the IRONY at play within ALL his lyrical output. When people call Morrissey/The Smiths depressing, moping music I can't understand how they don't see the LASHINGS of HUMOR involved.
Its actually both critical and sympathetic. Moz is on their side of being patriotic and defending that right but disagrees with their mentality of violence brought on my a game of football. It's another song where Morrissey has been accussed of racist sentiment mainly for the line 'The last truly British people' but at the end of the day he's being ironic. It's amazing how the English love to say 'The Americans don't understand irony' when most of us don't seem to understand it ourselves! The shout of 'Your Arsenal!' is only in the live version if the song as is the GET OFF THE ROOF bit.
@mozza_fan glad to see another 'appreciater' realise the IRONY at play within ALL his lyrical output. When people call Morrissey/The Smiths depressing, moping music I can't understand how they don't see the LASHINGS of HUMOR involved.
@mozza_fan glad to see another 'appreciater' realise the IRONY at play within ALL his lyrical output. When people call Morrissey/The Smiths depressing, moping music I can't understand how they don't see the LASHINGS of HUMOR involved.